Candle-holder.



A. N. MARKERT.

CANDLE HOLDER.

APPLIUKTION FILED MAY 7, 1912.

1,054,973. Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ANTHONY N. MARKERT, OF SYRACUSE, NIllW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WILL &, BAUMER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW :YORK.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, ANTHONY N. MAR- KERT, of Syracuse, in. the county of Onondaga, in the State-of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Candle-Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relatesto improvements in candle holders and applies more particularly to means for providing a neat and cleanly support for altar candles and vigil lights.

Heretofore it has been customary to support candles within hollow uprights provided with a spring in the base thereof for forcing the candle gradually upward in the stem. The melting wax ran down over the very disagreeable appearance as well as damaging the altar cloths and carpets and some labor was necessary to remove the wax.

My object, therefore, is to avoid these defects by providing a glass or jar to ,receive a candle or molten wax to form a candlein combination with means for supporting the same, so that the melting wax will be retained in the jar until consumed.

A second object is to utilize the whole of the wax rather than a portion of the same by retaining it subject at all times to the action of the burning wick.

Having the above objects and uses in mind, my invent-ion therefore consists in the several new and novel features of construction hereinafter described, in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part thereof.

Figure 1 is a side View of a candle holder embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a cross section on line 11, Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a side view of the base supporting the wax retaining jar and havingthetop portionbroken away. Fig. A is a View of the wax retaining jar. Fig. 5 is a view of the wax or candle removed from the, jar and showing a perforated plate on the bottom thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

. Application filed May 7, 1912. Serial No. 695,700.

1 is a hollow upright having a sheet metal lining 2 within the top of which is adapted to fit the circumferential flange 3- upon the base t to hold these parts together. The base t is'shown with two upwardly extending arms -6 placed diametrically from each other and supporting a cap 7having a circular opening in the top thereof for the passage of the flame.

A wax or candle containing receptacle 5 is adapted to pass between the arms 6 and rest upon the base 4 being retained therein by an upwardly extending circumferential flange 8, upon the base -'1, and the arms '6. This receptacle 5 is adapted to receive a candle -9 as shown in Fig. 5 or molten wax may be poured into the receptacle and allowed to harden around the wick 10 therein to form a candle.

There is attached to the bottom of the candle a disk of metal -1l to prevent the wax from sticking to the bottom of the receptacle 5, portions of this disk being cut away upon three sides and bent upward upon the remaining attached side and adapted to be embedded in the candle to firmly fasten the disk thereto as best shown in Fig. 2. This s is preferably accomplished by placing a disk of this formation in the bottom of the candle mold and pouring the molten wax thereon and allowing it to harden in this position, or the disk 1l may be placed in the bottom of the receptacle 6 and the candle placed upon it,

the melting wax serving to attach it firmly base plate having a downwardly extending it thereto in an upflange adapted to enter the hollow upright In witness whereof I have hereunto set and an upwardly extending flange having my hand on this 26th day of April 1912. upwardly extending arms attached thereto, ANTHONY N. MARKERT. said arms connected at their upper end, and \Vitnesses:

a candle receptacle upon said base and be- E. A. TI-IOMPsON,

tween said arms. E. S. TUCKER.

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